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Thank you for the kind words! I use a stock/unmodified DSLR, so there is no cooling. Noise is a big issue for me... especially since I live in the southern states where the weather is predominately warmer. I mitigate some of the noise with shorter exposures (most of the time 3 minutes or less)...

neat! I like the top down view best. Cool tinkering... /c

I use an iPad (3rd gen), but I find that I'm using it less now that I picked up the iPhone 6+... however, I feel it has more to do with the speed of the A8 processor than the relative screen size.

Thanks for all the kudos, folks. If this sort of thing interests you, there are a ton of online resources to help you get started. Photography has been a hobby of mine for some time, but I'm still very new to the genre of astro-imaging. I don't have high-res versions of these hosted at the...

Two of these were taken with a telephoto camera lens and two of them were taken with a telescope attached to the same camera. There is a popular misconception that you need some ridiculously large telescope to photograph something deep in space. The truth is that many objects are quite large...

Thanks, man! Well, for deep space objects, the CliffsNotes version is that you point a camera at the sky and take a lot of long exposures and then smash then together like you're making a Dagwood sandwich. For the moon, you just point and click. I would be happy to elaborate on any part of the...

Howdy, peeps! I've been away several weeks with some distractions pulling me away from the colorful beams for a bit. Mostly, it has been work and the process of buying a patch of dirt for my wife and I to eventually build a house on... that has been involved. Of my hobbies, the only one I've...

Welcome to the forum, Anthony... cheers! /c

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the LPF! Cheers! /c

This is nifty! How/where do you store your collection? I mean, is it on a presentation shelf or in some sort of shielded container? Thanks for the video... good stuff! /c

Isaac - this is amazing. You have raised the bar with this build documentation... the whole story, pics, vids... you deserve a bucket of rep for that alone much less the incredible handheld that you have created. Kudos, man... I want to build like you when I grow up. :) :beer: c

These are looking great, man! It's good to come back to LPF see your progress! /c

I've been away a bit due to IRL stuff... but man, this is a beauty to come back and see. Congrats! +rep for an awesome aquisition! /c

Welcome!

Welcome to the forum! Have fun and be safe... cheers! /c

Welcome to the forum! Cheers!

Welcome to the forum! /c

Welcome to the forum! /c

Welcome to the forum! /c